Annual conference motions: how did they fare?

BECTU representatives meeting in Bournemouth on Saturday 15 May debated a number of motions. See the list below for confirmation of which ones were carried, lost or remitted.

Each year the union's branches are invited to submit policy propositions to annual conference. This year's accepted motions are listed below, with the name of the submitting branch and confirmation of how each fared.

(NB: in respect of proposition 16, the branch submitted an amendment to the proposition which was rejected at an earlier stage by the SOC; this amendment was accepted at annual conference and the amended proposition was carried).

Emergency Propositions

No emergency propositions were debated at this year's conference. Post Production and Facilities branch did ask the SOC to accept a proposal to debate the union's policy on illegal downloads but this was not accepted as an emergency issue. Representatives were encouraged to refer their concerns to the London Production division.

What happens next?

Where a conference proposition is marked as CARRIED, this indicates that the proposition becomes union policy and the NEC is committed to acting in accordance with that proposition. Where a proposition is marked as REMITTED, the branch representatives agreed to put the proposal into the hands of the NEC for further consideration. Where a proposition is marked as LOST this means that the proposition was defeated by a conference vote.